Dance - Back and Beyond 2016

With many practises, lots of modifications and a ton of learning Hiringa whanau performed with amazing quality. The pictures and video below show an insight into the efforts made and fun that students had in creating and performing these dances.

S1's dance showed our learning of the beginning of life, the formation of backbone and jaw, attack and defense, bi-pedalism, gliding and flying, the fencible soldiers of New Zealand, old time schooling, modern play, virtual reality and finally the circle of life.

What an amazing and memorable way to finish 2016.

Dance Performance

With a flash of lights and the beat of the bass Room 30 students showed how amazing they are with this sublime dance performance. With assistance from light technician Glenn the show was a hit with everyone in the audience. Check us out!


 

Dance Preview...

Room 30 have been working so hard to show their learning around the big idea 'Connected?' in the form of dance this term. There has been a lot of teamwork, collaboration, problem solving and self-management - not to mention the amazing dance movements that have been created.

We share next week...but here is a little sneak peek.

Room 30 - Electrified

Here is the final performance of our dance. What a great time we had learning about different types of energies during this Rich Task. Prepare to be electrified!

 

Dance Pictures

What a great time we all had performing our dance for an audience this week! Here are a few pictures from the show.

Dance, dance, dance.

We have been practising our Rich Task dance and have come up with this work of art. It is showing our conceptions around electrical energy. The beginning is a drama/dance created to reflect the storm sound effects, the main dance is our electricity ideas.

We find that watching our dance on film helps us realise that each person and each movement is a key part of the what the audience sees. This clip for example will be used to help us focus on areas that need to be improved or changed.

Check out the latest practise - it's not quite perfect but will be very soon!

Room 18 sure can dance!

Room 18 shared their amazing creative dance at the end of Term 1. This dance was created for our Rich Task  and aims to reflect New Zealand immigration, history and cultures. Check it out and leave a comment.

Dance Pictures - Friday July 2nd 2010

Dance Term 2

Room 18 has been involved in creative dance as part of their arts focus this term. We have been focusing on learning some key vocabulary and skills associated with dance techniques.

In these videos you will see cannon, unison, levels, and body paths to name a few. Ask your child about what these words mean. The dances seen here are after one session with the song and are representative of around 45 minutes of work.

So far we have danced to a range of music chosen to highlight different rhythm selections. We have had 'Put your records on' by Corrine Bailey Rae, 'Heavy Cross' by Gossip - as seen in this video, and are now working on a slower song by Sinead O'Connor called 'Nothing Compares'.

We aim to work on one main dance to present at the end of Term 2, and will begin our work on that after we return from camp.

Note: Due to some children being absent one group is not shown here. However, they will be seen in videos to come.

ENJOY!!